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.\"      Date: 12/29/2012
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.\"    Source: libreswan
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.TH "IPSEC" "8" "12/29/2012" "libreswan" "Executable programs"
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.SH "NAME"
ipsec \- invoke IPsec utilities
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBipsec\fR\ 'u
\fBipsec\fR \fIcommand\fR [\fIargument\fR...] \fIipsec\fR \-\-help
.br
\fIipsec\fR \-\-version
.br
\fIipsec\fR \-\-versioncode
.br
\fIipsec\fR \-\-copyright
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\fIipsec\fR \-\-directory
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\fIipsec\fR \-\-confdir
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fIIpsec\fR
invokes any of several utilities involved in controlling the IPsec encryption/authentication system, running the specified
\fIcommand\fR
with the specified
\fIargument\fRs as if it had been invoked directly\&. This largely eliminates possible name collisions with other software, and also permits some centralized services\&.
.PP
\fBipsec \-\-help\fR
lists the available commands\&. Most have their own manual pages, e\&.g\&.
\fBipsec_auto\fR(8)
for
\fIauto\fR\&.
.PP
\fBipsec \-\-version\fR
outputs version information about Linux FreeS/WAN\&. A version code of the form ``U\fIxxx\fR/K\fIyyy\fR\*(Aq\*(Aq indicates that the user\-level utilities are version
\fIxxx\fR
but the kernel portion appears to be version
\fIyyy\fR
(this form is used only if the two disagree)\&.
.PP
\fBipsec \-\-versioncode\fR
outputs
\fIjust\fR
the version code, with none of
\fB\-\-version\fR\*(Aqs supporting information, for use by scripts\&.
.PP
\fBipsec \-\-copyright\fR
supplies boring copyright details\&.
.PP
\fBipsec \-\-directory\fR
reports where
\fBipsec\fR
thinks the IPsec utilities are stored\&.
.PP
\fBipsec \-\-confdir\fR
reports where
\fBipsec\fR
thinks the IPsec configuration files are stored\&.
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/usr/local/lib/ipsec usual utilities directory
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
ipsec\&.\fBconf\fR(5), ipsec\&.\fBsecrets\fR(5),
\fBipsec_auto\fR(8),
\fBipsec_barf\fR(8),
\fBipsec_setup\fR(8),
\fBipsec_showhostkey\fR(8)
.PP
HTML documentation shipped with the release, starting with
\fIdoc/index\&.html\fR\&.
\fI<\fR\fI\m[blue]\fBhttp://www\&.freeswan\&.org/doc\&.html\fR\m[]\fR\fI>\fR
may also be of use\&.
.SH "HISTORY"
.PP
Written for Linux FreeS/WAN <\m[blue]\fBhttp://www\&.freeswan\&.org\fR\m[]> by Henry Spencer\&.
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
The provision of centralized services, while convenient, does compromise the original concept of making the utilities invocable directly as well as via
\fBipsec\fR\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBPaul Wouters\fR
.RS 4
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